An ‘Interview’ With a Dead Luminary Exposes the Pitfalls of AI

radio host, Lukasz Zaleski, would have invited Ms. Szymborska himself, but never did for a simple reason: She died in 2012

The station used artificial intelligence to generate the recent interview — a dramatic example of technology replacing humans, even dead ones

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/world/europe/poland-radio-station-ai.html

#Polish #Hackers Repaired #Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
#NEWAG put code in the control systems that prevented them from running if a #GPS tracker detected that it spent a certain number of days in an independent #repair company’s maintenance center, and also prevented it from running if certain components had been replaced without a manufacturer-approved serial number. https://www.404media.co/polish-hackers-repaired-trains-the-manufacturer-artificially-bricked-now-the-train-company-is-threatening-them/ #righttorepair